ah, yes--I had turned off the DHCP in the linksys router when I was trying
to get a web cam to work. I turned it back on & it works fine
now. Thanks! I'm sure I'll be running into a lot of other questions
here.... Thanks for your help! marc.
At 08:59 AM 5/1/2001 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Well last night your box was probably set up for DHCP. If your router
>does not serve as a DHCP server, you'll need to set the IP address for the
>linux box. Depending on your DSL service you may have been assigned an IP
>address which is on your router and you can just put any address in the
>form 192.168.X.X on your box, but I'm not sure how your router is configured.
>
>On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 08:43:51AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Thanks to all for helping me w/ my Linux install last night. When I
> > plugged it into my Linksys DSL router here at home it stalled during the
> > bootup process at "Bringing up interface eth0" & then after a couple
> > minutes gave me the error message "Determining IP information for eth0
> > failed." The cable seems to be firmly seated into both the network card &
> > the router, but while it is trying to bring up the ethernet inferface only
> > the LinkAct light on the Linksys router comes on (which to me seems to
> > indicate that it's not communicating w/ the router very well).
> >
> > Anyone have ideas as to what I could try to get this to
> work? Thanks. marc.
> >
> > _________________________________
> > Marc Becker
> > Assistant Professor of History
> > Truman State University
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www2.truman.edu/~marc
> >
> >
>
>--
>Benjamin Story
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>Windows 95: n. a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit hack to an 8 bit operating system,
> originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, by a 2 bit company
> that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
>Windows 98: n. see Windows 95
>Windows ME: n. see Windows 95
>Windows 2000: n. an attempt by a 2 bit company to put forth a stable version
> of a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit hack to an 8 bit operating
> system, originally coded for a 4 bit microporcessor.
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